TMS CADCentre Supporting Future Engineers in Scotland

TMS CADCentre is pleased to offer our full support to Primary Engineer and the work they are doing within the Education Sector.

 

Primary Engineer is a not-for-profit organisation offering primary schools CPD and resources to support the delivery of design and make activities taught through practical Mathematics, Science and Design Technology activities.  The programme is designed to inspire and enthuse primary students and designed for all year groups mapped to the curriculum. All projects are linked to practising engineers to provide a real-world context to the project. The programme is intended to stimulate pupils’ interest in areas of engineering and encourage them to take an inquisitive approach in other STEM subjects. Programmes include teacher training, interactive and paper-based resources, local and regional competitions.

Following the successful launch of Primary Engineer in Scotland last year and the interest gained throughout, they are working with North Ayrshire Council with the aim of registering all Primary Schools in the region. A training session has been arranged for the 17th June to be held at:

Education Resource Centre, Greenwood Centre Dreghorn, Irvine, Ayrshire, KA11 4HJ   

 

To raise the awareness of engineering and manufacturing in the region we are inviting engineers to attend the training session where they will gain a greater understanding of the programme and resources whilst working alongside the teachers on the practical tasks.

 

Following on from this we hope that the engineers will be able to visit the schools and work with the students in the practical activities.
This is also a great way to raise the awareness of engineer opportunities in the local communities whilst raising the profile of your organisation.  It can also be used as part of the apprenticeship and graduate development schemes.

 

To register your interest in participating at the training session or hear more about the programme and opportunities available please contact Christine James christine.james@primaryengineer.com

progeCAD Free to Schools

progeCAD is a powerful but low-cost architectural or mechanical design package, somewhat similar to AutoCAD from Autodesk. progeCAD features include Autodesk's DWG format read/write for all versions of AutoCAD from 2010 and as far back as R11. Most of the basic commands are the same, workflow and interface all follow a similar logic. For years CADDIT Australia has been offering progeCAD Professional annual licenses to schools free of charge. One school in the New South Wales TAFE system wrote of progeCAD:

I personally consider that your company’s provision of this program for academic purposes, free of charge is the best thing that has happened to the CAD industry for a long time... I teach across a number of campuses in the Hunter and am trying to convince other sections to switch over from AutoCAD to ProgeCAD for teaching purposes. The benefits of allowing students to download the program and develop their skills at home at no cost cannot be underestimated, apart from the ethical aspect of positively discouraging the use of pirated AutoCAD software.

CSTC in Queensland Australia writes:

It is an exceptional program in the standards it allows students to apply to drawing - variety of linetypes, lineweights, hatchs patterns etc. We are enjoying using it, our trainees and apprentices appear to like the feel of it. Great program.

A few of CADDIT's academic program subscribers are from outside Australia. One school from overseas writes:

Since we only have a single, one-semester course that uses CAD, this offer CADDIT makes to license ProgeCAD to schools at no charge is a wonderful effort supporting education. Our students are able to gain experience with professional software and several have applied these skills in internships and subsequent educational experiences in vocational/technical programs and college. Without ProgeCAD's support, we would be forced to use some consumer-level software, as it would be extremely difficult to justify spending thousands of dollars to license professional CAD software for a lab that will be used with a single class of students.

Another student used the opportunity to submit a new concept for a local highway intersection to local planning authorities..
progeCAD can be downloaded free of cost HERE. For more information about how progeCAD can be used in your school, visit http://www.caddit.net/progecad/educational.php